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Oswald Note Destruction Becomes Public

United States of America · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1975Date range
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Chronological records

1975

James Patrick Hosty, Jr1975

Washington · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Public and congressional attention focused on Hosty after disclosure that the note delivered by Oswald before the assassination had been destroyed.

Names involved

James Patrick Hosty, Jr

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